Magnet Magazine

Low rents and a throbbing independent music scene aren’t the only things that make Olympia, Wash., an easy place to

Kim Deal wants to kick my ass. Which kinda sucks, because I love Kim Deal. I was one of those

At the heart of the Clash’s local rebellion always lay a good amount of global thinking. A quarter-century on, Joe

Is Ryan Adams one of the greatest singer/songwriters of his generation? Or will he emerge as another in a long

Once a holy terror trespassing on hallowed ground, Nick Cave has given over to tender mercies and spiritual hymns. He’s

Bars, hotels and cars are settings common to Steve Wynn albums and George Pelecanos novels. MAGNET had Wynn (pictured) and

It was 20 years ago today that the four of them began to play. The Dream Syndicate, Bangles (pictured), Rain

DREAM SYNDICATE The Days Of Wine And Roses (Ruby/Slash, 1982)The dream that grunge was made of. Steve Wynn made like

Former Pixie and long-standing master of the obtuse, Frank Black evinces a small change by taking rock ‘n’ roll head-on.

“I’m not what you think I am,” declares Stephen Malkmus on his post-Pavement solo debut. No, he’s not really Yul

If it’s true that only love can break your heart and that only a love song can help to mend

Beginning with 1991’s Girlfriend (after two major-label albums essentially went unnoticed) and continuing through 1999’s In Reverse, Matthew Sweet has

Chased and cornered by his demons six years ago, Steve Earle is now almost impossible to pin down, MAGNET hits

For three decades, Daevid Allen has cast eccentric spells on prog rock, conjuring flying teapots and pothead pixies with such

“I get letters from people,” says Conor Oberst, the manically charged focal point of Omaha, Neb.’s Bright Eyes. “Yeah, they’re

John Martyn is too tough to be the folk singer you remember from the ‘60s. Enduring several storied decades of

In the decade that's passed since Mudhoney emerged as the Seattle beer barons of garage swing, grunge has shot through

Avant-garde saxophonist David S. Ware and his quartet represent a new breed of jazz players whose notes will reverberate into

Somewhere between acquiring a broader musical palette and bouts of Oscar madness, Elliott Smith has become an unlikely pop star.

Lisa Germano has been a sad, sad girl. Lucky for us, she swings moods, misfortunes and malaise into songs that

Bob Pollard is a rock 'n' roll traditionalist. And music fans are better off because of it. Like baseball, rock

Popcore grows up and out by the San Francisco Bay. By Jamie Kemsey Punk rock wasn't supposed to be like